Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore Valdibà 2021 - San Fereolo

Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore Valdibà-  San Fereolo

The Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore Valdibà by San Fereolo is produced from Dolcetto grapes come from vineyards and Baraccone Valdibà aged from 10 to 40 years. The harvest is manual, with fermentation in stainless steel without the addition of selected yeasts, the maceration lasts about eight days. The Valdibà Dolcetto is placed on the lees for four months and bottled in the summer after the harvest. It follows a refinement of six months in bottle before being sold. Valdibà has beautiful ruby ​​red color with purple hues, scents of red fruit, blueberry, cherry, blackberry and vegetal notes. The palate is vinous, fresh, with unobtrusive tannins, it closes along with an almond final.

Service

It is recommended to taste it to a 16/18° temperature in tulip glasses. Instant wine that can withstand a few years of aging. We recommend to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool cellar, damp and dark.

Pairings

It perfectly combines the first traditional Italian dishes like pasta with tomato sauce or meat sauce, try the risotto with chicken liver.

Cellar: San Fereolo

The winery is located in San Fereolo Borgata Valdibà, in the town in the heart of Dogliani Dogliani Dolcetto denomination. At the helm of the winery's Nicoletta Bocca, arrived in these beautiful areas in the nineties moved from Milan. Nicoletta has learned everything from his neighbors winegrowers but with time it has tried to carve out its own identity, its own wiggle room in making its wines. Its vineyards, Austri, Tuscany, the Riavolo Coste, Costabella and Cerri, are scattered anywhere on the right side of the River Rea, between Dogliani and Monforte d'Alba, in the south of Piedmont. Nicoletta has always tried to buy vineyards that could give strength to its wines, wine struck the memory of the place where it was produced. He embraced the philosophy of biodynamics with minimal intervention in the vineyard and in the winery. Today it is a company of 12 hectares which produces about 40 thousand bottles. Not only but also Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo and a white-based Rielsing Rhine and Gewurztraminer.